ABOUT

Jana Harper is a research-based interdisciplinary artist who transforms the burdens of history through gestures of empathy and reciprocity. Her work addresses topics such as the erosion of democracy, U.S. gun policy, Native American sovereignty, and the Rights of Nature.

Her work has received support from the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Corporation of Yaddo, and many others. Jana lives in Nashville, TN where she teaches in the department of art at Vanderbilt University. She is a member of the Mackinac Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians.